Unfortunately, still screwed over by that damn bastard Sugou at the end.

Luckily Kirito managed to get the Key Item before charging in.

Oh man oh maaaaaan…. this episode.

While the first half had quite the sappy moments, the second half really made up for it. This part was really the climax of the ALO arc for me, and seeing it brought to life was pretty damn awesome. Especially with that awesome SAO track playing as the BGM. Man, I really want that OST CD now.

Only regret two things though, one was that it was a little bit shorter than I liked, but that seems to be the norm for the anime adaptation so far I guess. Second thing was also how they changed Kirito’s last charge in to a pretty cheesy rocket thing rather than him going all omnislash with his Dual Blades skill on the guardians to break through. I mean, what’s the point having Sugu’s katana if it wasn’t going to be used! Oh well, I guess they ran out of budget at that point, what with all the dragons and magic hahah.

Next week, final boss time! And oh yes, it will be so satisfying to watch… but be prepared for nasty.

Hajiko Said,

AGear2Ax Said,

I thought Recon will do something smarter… Truly badass to open the definitive path to victory… but then he pulls a suicide bomb that doesn’t do anything meaningful because later the Sylphs and Cait-Siths entered to help… Oh! Didn’t anybody saw that Recon was completely forgotten after his sacrifice? Nobody take care of his flame remains…

Haruka Tomatsu Fan Said,

tc2r Said,

In a fair and just MMORPG, Recon used his ultimate ability “Self Destruct” (notice the self part) in which you go out with a bang, you DONT GET A DEATH FLAME/Chance to be respawned (such a flawed ability would be abused if you did imagine cleric + Recon clearing any dungeon they wanted).

He used self destruct to clear out a HUGE pathway aka his hero moment, in a fair MMORPG this would have given the main character the perfect pathway to the door. And thus Recon would have earned Sugu’s praise (what he’s after anyway).

However, This Dungeon/Cave/Challenge/Boss fight was never intended to be winnable.

Yui wore an earnest expression on her pretty face as she nodded.

“Those guardian monsters, while their health and strength wasn’t that high, their spawning pattern was abnormal. The spawning speed increases proportional to the proximity to the inner gate and when you actually get to the gate they would spawn at a rate of twelve per second. That is… It is set at a degree of difficulty that is impossible to capture…”

So thus Recon’s death in the anime was used to show that even then it would be impossible.

Now the true fuck up of the anime. When he got near the door it shoulda spawned 12 creatures per second chasing at his tail. In the novel it was a tense and rushed moment for him to get through that door. In the anime… the mobs just hover around like they’ve went retard mode.

susu Said,

OP-Kirito Said,

I enjoyed that episode …it was kind of emotional, but now that all of the sad stuff is out the way, I can see Kirito fighting and destroying everything in his path to be with his wife that he longed for. Good story line, but people are going to get their asses raped up in that Administration Zone …literally.